Velingrad
Velingrad ranks 6,067th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lunel, Hérault, Windsor, Connecticut, and Yelets. Memorable people born in Velingrad include Vlado Chernozemski, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Kristian Golomeev. Velingrad has been the birth place of many social activists, and singers. Velingrad is located in Bulgaria.
Velingrad is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality and one of the most popular Bulgarian balneological resorts. The town has a population of 22,602 inhabitants according to the 2011 census of Velingrad. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1897 and 1993, Velingrad was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Vlado Chernozemski, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Kristian Golomeev.
People Born in Velingrad
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Vlado Chernozemski
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1897 - 1934
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 1
Nicolai Ghiaurov
SINGER
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 2
Kristian Golomeev
SWIMMER
1993 - Present
HPI: 18.95
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Velingrad were social activists (1), singers (1), and swimmers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, singers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Velingrad, including Nicolai Ghiaurov. Whereas, throughout history, social activists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Velingrad, including Vlado Chernozemski.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Velingrad since 1700.
